Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

My other question follows on from Mr. Watt's statement that the number of doctors being trained has been increased. I put a parliamentary question to the HSE which was answered by CHO 5. The question related to how our primary care services are operating in areas like disability and mental health. The answer that came back was really disturbing. In Wexford alone, we have 20 physiotherapy vacancies, 17 occupational therapy vacancies, 17 speech and language vacancies, and 11 psychotherapy vacancies. That is in Wexford. The whole services sector is dysfunctional because children's disability network teams, CDNTs, child and adolescent mental health services and adult mental health units are not working. They cannot be staffed. Mr. Watt spoke about doctors. The Chair has addressed dentists. Can Mr. Watt tell me what fundamental thing the Department is doing to ensure we can get the CDNTs or the other services up and running?